Tools to do load testing

[hemi519]

Hi All,

I am having a website which is ready to launch. But before that i want do a load testing. Can any one tell me which is the best tool to test the load.

[djr33]

I don't know of any tools, but I imagine you'd need to give us some information about your website. What kind of server is it? Are you testing databases? What kind? Are you specifically looking at the PHP? Or do you just want a PHP system for testing?

[hemi519]

Actually i am testing the databases. Not the PHP functionality. I want to check how many users it can handle. I am using SocialEngine 4. I have done some changes and launching the site but before that i want to know if it can handle some lakhs of users. Ofcourse i am hosting my site on VPS (Slice host) server.

[mburt]

I use WAMP5 all the time for this pre-testing stuff. It allows you to create/view/edit your website on your computer (not on the internet). So you can modify your databases exactly how you want them, and then export and later on import them on to your server.

http://www.wampserver.com/en/

Might wanna take a look.

[hemi519]

How exactly u test with wamp5. Any docs regarding that.

[mburt]

It's basically a server on your computer - it works exactly as you would when it's uploaded online. If you want to give it a shot, download wamp, install it, and then type in "http://localhost/" in your browser.

If you're on Windows, you can upload your site in: C:\wamp\www\some_site and access it through http://localhost/some_site in your browser.

And like I said, you have the ability to create and modify databases too. There's documentation very readily available by the way, just Google it. I manage a hand full of websites and I use WAMP everyday, it's really easy to go about it that way.

[hemi519]

thanks for u suggestion and time. But i am asking about a tool which can itself insert users and test how much load my site can take or anything similar to it.

[mburt]

Well that deals more so with the bandwidth of your server, how much do you have?

[hemi519]

Server things and bandwidth will definitely will be high. My point is to only to find out how many users can my software bare. I want to test my website capability thats it.

[mburt]

This may seem too simple, but it's probably best if you had a "pre-launch" phase, where all the components of the website are ready and working, but you have a "launch date" where you have an official release. Usually pre-launch periods can range anywhere from 2 weeks to 6 months, but ideally they offer you insight on what your website can handle (in terms of what you're talking about).

That's the only real legitimate way I would know to do this.